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N.J. Lottery to end live broadcast of midday drawing
Is $100,000 in cost-savings worth the loss of midday drawing broadcasts?
Beginning Friday, the New Jersey Lottery Commission will stop airing live drawings at 1 p.m. on the state's public television network in an effort to save money.
Only summaries of the results of the Pick 3 and Pick 4 lotteries will be shown on New Jersey Network at 1 p.m., the state Lottery Commission said today.
Video of the actual drawings will only be available on the commission's Web site.
The midday winning ...
May 11, 2009, 10:41 pm - - Lottery News forum
Georgia Lottery holds first Weekly WinFall drawing
The Georgia Lottery held the first of 11 Weekly WinFall drawings, combining the big payout of a raffle game with the drawings of a weekly draw game.
The winning numbers for Weekly WinFall are updated at Lottery Post's Georgia Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/ga) after each weekly drawing takes place.
The first drawing, conducted April 25, awarded 10 prizes of $5,000 to holders of tickets sold in the previous week.
Unlike other state raffle games with early bird -style d ...
Apr 29, 2009, 10:27 pm - - Lottery News forum
Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls to $120 million
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing was raised to $120 million.
The rollover occurred because none of the tickets sold for Tuesday night's $103 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball number. The next drawing will be Friday night.
There were five second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 1 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from New York, 1 from Texas, and 1 from Washington. Each second prize ticket matched all five lotto numbers b ...
Feb 18, 2009, 8:54 am - - Lottery News forum
Neb. lottery numbers drawn twice in row
The odds are against something this odd.
A Nebraska Lottery official says the winning numbers for the state's Pick 3 lottery on Tuesday were exactly the same as the winning combination from the night before.
Lottery spokesman Brian Rockey says one of two lottery computers that randomly generate combinations picked the numbers 1, 9 and 6 in that order for Monday night's drawing. He says the other computer picked the same three numbers Tuesday in the same sequence.
The odds of such an occ ...
Jan 23, 2009, 10:28 am - - Lottery News forum
N.J. Lottery's raffle drawing is finally here
After seeing all the other raffle-drawing states crown their millionaires during the holiday season, New Jersey lottery players may have gotten restless.
But tonight is now their night.
The full list of winning numbers for the Jersey Jackpot Raffle can be found on Lottery Post's New Jersey Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/nj).
Jersey Jackpot Raffle, a short-term raffle-style game, will make 1,216 lucky players richer, with prizes ranging from $250 up to the top $2 milli ...
Jan 21, 2009, 8:33 pm - - Lottery News forum
Missouri Lottery raffle makes a millionaire
Somebody is $1 million richer following the Missouri Lottery's Million-Dollar Raffle drawing, which was held today.
One winning raffle number was drawn for the $1 million top prize, four winning numbers were drawn to win $100,000 and 440 lucky players' winning numbers were drawn to receive $500.
The complete list of winning numbers is available on Lottery Post's Missouri Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/mo).
The winning raffle number for the top prize of $1 million is 0 ...
Jan 20, 2009, 7:56 pm - - Lottery News forum
Michigan Lottery celebrates 10th raffle drawing
Michigan: more raffle draws than any other state
The Michigan Lottery's Millionaire Raffle is back in action, now with its tenth drawing conducted.
The complete list of winning numbers for the latest raffle draw can be found on Lottery Post's Michigan Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/mi).
The $20 raffle tickets went on sale Nov. 10, and a total of 600,000 were available for the drawing. All the tickets were sold out prior to the draw.
In the drawing held earlier toda ...
Jan 5, 2009, 11:08 pm - - Lottery News forum
Pennsylvania Lottery's raffle makes 4 millionaires
The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made four instant millionaires.
The winning numbers can be found at Lottery Post's Pennsylvania Lottery Results page (http://www.lotterypost.com/results/pa)
Millionaire Raffle is a raffle game offered by the Pennsylvania Lottery, with a limited number of $20 tickets.
With only 500,000 tickets sold for the raffle, Millionaire Raffle offers the best odds for a single ticket to win $1 million o ...
Jan 4, 2009, 10:36 am - - Lottery News forum
Minnesota Lottery draws winning numbers in raffle
The Minnesota Lottery selected the winning numbers Thursday for its special Millionaire Raffle drawing.
The full set of winning numbers are available on Lottery Post's Minnesota Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/mn).
Millionaire Raffle is the third annual holiday raffle game from the Minnesota State Lottery.
Players purchased tickets for $10 each. Tickets went on sale Oct. 19 and were completely sold out by Dec. 28. The raffle has sold out in each of its three years.
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Jan 1, 2009, 11:00 pm - - Lottery News forum
Rhode Island Lottery celebrates first raffle drawing
Rhode Island didn't have any trouble selling out its first-ever raffle game.
The drawing was held last night, and the full list of winning numbers are available on Lottery Post's Rhode Island Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/ri).
With only 120,000 tickets available for sale, the state Lottery Commission proclaimed the New Year's Eve drawing as having the best odds among New England lotteries to win $1 million.
Tickets for the raffle cost $20 each.
In addition to the ...
Jan 1, 2009, 10:55 pm - - Lottery News forum
